Separator



March 6, 1928.

c. v. FUQUA ET AL SEPARATOR Filed 00's. IL 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS ATTORNEY March 6, 1 928.

C. V. FUQUA ET L SEFARATOR Filed 00%,. 11, 1926 .ATTOEQNEY an oblique angle in is'preferably provided in the tank 'separat-- Patented Mar. 6, 1928.1 1

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' Application an (ic tober 1 1 1926i Serial No. 140,320.

Our invention relates to a cleaning apparatus, .and moreparticularly used in clarliying cleaning naphtha, gasoline, or-

as-what is known as Stoddards solvent which is commonly used dustry to clean public wearingappareL-and is acontinuation in part of filed December 6, 1924, Serial No: 754,357.

It isa purpose of our invention topror' vi'de a separating device for "remov ng chemicals used in reclaiming.cleaningr fluid,

sediment and water from; cleaning fluids in' that comprlses a. plurality a cleaning plant,

of screens arranged between an inletgand an outlet in a tank, one erably compr1s1ng other screens preferably comprise bolt-mg silk.

chemicals and sediment pass through the chemi and enter the machine wherein wearing .japa

parel is cleaned is very many cases positive of said screens pref-j Turkish *t'oweling" and V being 'provided that Water, alkali or :other when permitted ;-to cal cleaning process detrimental, and in 1y ruins the garments.

The screens are preferably arranged. at

ing the same into an the tank and a partition upper and *a lower chamber, the inclined-screens being arranged in the upper chamber. Preferably th epartrtion between. the upper and thelower chamhers is also inclined in the same general di-. and isprov i'ded withinomnearimotion as the screens a baffle plate extending upwardly theupper end thereof across the inletto the vtank.

of air out of the lower In order to provide forthe passage chamber, vent open ings are preferably provided in the partition in that portion th I the baffle plate and the side wall of the tank.

It is another purpose provide means for ereof lying between offthe invention 1 to cleaning a 'screen' 'such' as used in our improved apparatus, said means comprising 3 a member screen, said movable across the I member being preferably a brush-like member. The inclined screens are 7 preferably provided with inclined,shelf-like r i "b formingreceptacles for water: and sediment ow the lower edges thereof,

the accumulation of V atiisadapted to. be

drawn off through a suitable drain valve provided a-t" the lower ends of. said inclined shelfglike membersv of the screens.

It is another obgect of the invention to tov theseparator fluids such J as other solvents '.S,11Ch' in the cleaning. in-f my application screen is mounted, said on -t-h tank so that it can 'be'moved: into accompanying therewith. showing detached from the tank. .7 I

-Referring' in detail to thepdrawingsi a:

provide new and improved means for'secur-r 'ro'rn agcmiannns nou rmnnr 'qonroaa'rromor ga t ingthescreens in .position in the tank and for clamping the same to the inclinedlshelfmembers associated therewith, so asto make.

a substantially fluid-tight joint between the inclinedishelvesand the screens. sa'idmem-l ber preferablycomprises a frame-that is" frame upon which the 1' frame being mounted adaptedto engage the clamping relation with the Jscreen frame;

Other ob ectsand advantages ,ofithe "invention willappear as the description of the drawings proceedsr H'ow-. 7 ever. we desiregto have it distinctlyun'd'er stood that. we .donot intend to limit our-. selves to; the exact details shOWn 'orde,- scribed, but that we intend to include as part I or. our invention" allsuch {obvious changes and modifications of parts as would occur to a person skilled in this art and as:'

would fall withinthescopeof the claims."

i "In the drawings Fig, 1 is a vertical, sectionali wof improved separator. ,Flg. '2 1s a sectlon thereof taken onsthe line 22 ,Fig 1, and- I. Flg. 3 1s a perspective view of tone of the screens "and the clamping frame associated:

Our improved separating device comprises the same: separated and,

a tank 10 that is substantially rectangular: I

in cross section and that is. provided with" a taperingbottom portion 11. The "tank is provided with a'suitable. flange 12 around the upper-.edgethereof against which the downturned flange '13 of the cover" member lii is adapted to seat. The tank'isfurther jprovidedzwithan inlet 15 and an outlet 16 near the top thereof butspaced from the top, and with an overflow andventjpipe 17 above the inlet 15 and outlet 16. .ThG inclined bottom 11. tapers to a substantially conical lower end'portion 18 which is provided, with 1 an internally threaded flangemember-19 that-receives the pipe 2O whichv acts both as'a drain pipe and as a support tor -the tank, the fitting 21 being securedto the pipe120 and a pipe 22 connecting said, fittingwith the flange 23'that maybe secured. to anysuita-b'le support upon which the tank d." .Froin the fitting 21 a pipe 10 is mount 24 leads to the drain valve 25 and a pipe 26 connects with the lower end of the gauge 27, the upper end of which is connected with V the, tank by means of the flange 28.

lMountedwithin the tank 10 is an inclined partition 29,the lower edge 30 of which ends 1n spaced relation to the side Wall of the tank 10 substantially at the upper end of the tapering bottom 11 thereof. The upperrnd of the partition 29 terminates in a flange 31 that is secured in any suitable manner to the opposite side wall ofit'he tank 10 and a vertically extending right angles to the first mentioned-walls by means ofthexflanges 34: on said baflle plate 32. Secured to the side walls 33 are the pairs-of inclined angle members 35, 36 and r 37: The angle'members 35 provide oblique'-' ly extending ledges upon which is mounted the screen 38 which is preferably of Turkish toweling and which has a frame 39 seating upon the angle members '35 "and also resting inthe corner 40 formed between the tapering bottom 11 and the main body por- "tion of the tank 10, the upper end of the be clear from Fig. 1, and is mounted elosely' frame 39 resting upon the ledge formed at 41 by the joint between the flangemember 12 and the tank body 10. The Turkish toweling screen 38 is madeof two plies, as will adjacent the upper edge of' the baffle plate 32. The angles 36 support a screen having a frame 42 upon which is mounted a ply of silk bolting cloth 43. Thelower transverse ly extending portion of the frame 42. is

mounted upon an offset flange 44 provided on the inclined shelf-like member 45 that is secured to the sidewall 46, extending at right angles to the walls 33,-by means of the flange 47 provided thereon, A; drain valve such as the petcoc'k 48 is provided inthe wall"46-Substantially where the inclined shelf 45 meets the wall 46.

' Mounted on'the' angle members 37 is a frame 424 of a screen having aply of silk bolting cloth 43 secured"thereto; the lower transverse member of the frame'42 resting on'theoffset-flange 44 of the inclined shelflike'membe'r 45' whichj is similar to the member 45 and which is provided withaY dra1n valve48, The screens are clamped 1n position by means of the clamping frames 49 I which'are preferably madeof angle iron and which have the links 50 pivotally secured thereto, there being one pair of said links on each side of'said frame members 49. Apair of bars 51 is also provided, arranged in spaced relation to the angles 36 and '37 on each side of the tank, to which thebther ends of the links 50 are pivoted, the'spacing of the bars51 and thelength of the links 50 being such that when the links 50 are straightened so'as to extend substantially at partition or baflle plate 32 ,is secured to theinclined partition and to" the side walls 33- of the tank'lO extending at ports; As the bolting cloth extends 'around the frames 42 and 421 thi s'c-lamping action will clamp the bolting cloth between the.

flanges 44 and 44' and the frames-42 and 42 respectively, to provide a substantially liquid-tight joint between the members 45and 76 45 and the screens mounted thereon.

In operation the eleanlng ifluid enters .throughjtheinlet 15 and passes overthe bat fie plate 32 and through the lurkish towel,-

ing 38, 'the'Turkishtowelingacting to "sepaw rate waterpalkali and foreignI n'atter from the cleaning fluid by gathering :smaltparticles of alkali and moisture thereon-and re-l leasing the's'amein larger quantities-= The Turkish towelingalso acts to absorb animal 85 fats from the cleaning fluid. The sediment, alkaliand water drops'down toward the partition 29and-travels down the sa1ne, passI- ing through the narrow opening left at 52,-

between thelower edge 30 of .the partition 29 and'the tapering wall portion 11 of the tank, into the lowerchamber of'thel tank.

This is then drawn oft through the pipe -"20 by 'means of the valve 25.- As the lower chamber fills', air passes outthrorigh the openings or air vents 53hprovidedv'inthat portion ofthe partition'129 lying between the baflleplate 32 and the wall of the tank-10'to i which the partition is attached, "the air pass" ing upwardly and out through the pipe-17.-

After the cleaning fluid has passed through the Turkish'toweling, 38,-the1 same passes throughthe'screen of bolting'cloth43nand' I:

eventually through the'bo'ltingcloth screen" 43 and'finally out through the outlet 16..the V cleaning fluid in; the chamber; formed be tweenthe, screen; the inclined shelfilike' member 45' and thewalls of the tank 10 be ing practically clean and pure. Shouldthere be any water or sedimenttherein; howl ever. vit-will collectin the-lo'wer'end of the, shelf 45 where it can be'idischarged through the drainvalve49 In a similar way, material passing'through the firstscreen 43 but not through the second screen43'a' will settleto the lower end of the-shelf45 whereit can be discharged through the drain valve 48.

As a large amount of dirt and-sediment collects on the under; side of the screen 43,

means is provided-for removing thef'same so,

that the meshes of the screenwill not become; clogged. i Said means comprising-a body" portion' 54 of a brush-like member having the bristles 55 and-which is movedacross the screen 43 on the under side thereofby 5 means of the operating-rod '56 that-passes through a suitable gland onother packed joint 57 and which is provided-with ahandle 58 for reeiprocatingthe same.

' The screens.v can bewreadily removed by unclamping the frames 49 therefrom,thisbeing accomplished by: an upward move: ment of the frames, causing the links 50 to assume an angular positionand moving the frames away from the screens. The screen 38 can be readily removed by lifting the same and pulling the same out through the top of the tank.

VVhat'we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. In a device of the character described,

clined shelf-like members at the lower ends of said screens.

2. In a device of the character-described,

a tank having a partition therein dividing the same into an upper and a lower cham her, an inlet at one side of said upper chamher, an outlet at the other side thereof, a plurality of screens between said inlet and outlet, said screens being arranged at an oblique angle and a plurality thereofcom prising members of bolting cloth and in-;

clined shelf-like members at the lower ends of said screens, said tank being'provided with drainvalves adjacent the lower ends of said inclined shelf-like members.

3. Ina device of the character described, a, tank having a partition therein dividing the same into an upper and a lower chamber, an inlet at one side of said upper chamber,

an outlet at the other side thereof, and a plurality of screens mounted between said inlet and said outlet, said screens being arranged at an oblique angle and comprisinga screen of bolting cloth having an inclined. shelf-like member at the lower end thereof, said tank having a drain valve at the lower end of said shelf-like member. I v

4. In a device of the character described, a tank having an inclined partition therein dividing the same into an upper and a lower chamber, an inlet at one side of said upper chamber, an outlet at the other side thereof, a plurality of screens mounted between said inlet and said outlet, one of said scneens plate tures.

comprising Turkish toweling, and a baflle 7 extending from said inclined partition in frontof said inlet, said partition having vent openings between said baflle plate and the side wall of said tank at the upper end thereof;

5. In a device of the-character described, a tank having inclined ledges along opposite side walls thereof, a screen having a frame adapted to rest'on said"ledg'es and means on said tank for clamping said frame to said ledges, said means includmglmks described,

pivotally connected, to said walls.

6. In a device of thecharacter a tank having inclined ledges along opposite side Walls thereof, a screen having a frame adapted to rest on said ledges and a frame mounted on said tank provided with 'rneans pivotally connected to saidwalls for clamping said screen frame to said ledges.

7. In a device of the character described,

a tank having inclined ledges along opposite side walls. thereof, an inclined shelf having an offset flange extending between said ledges, ascreen having a frame adapted ,to rest on said ledges and flange, and a clamping member fixed to. said tank and having movable parts for clampingsaid frame to said ledges and said flange to make a 'tight joint between said shelf and said screen. V I

8. In a device of the character described,

a, tank having an inletflat one side thereof and an outlet at another side thereof, a-plurality of screens between said inlet and outlet, and shelf-like members at the lower ends of said screens, said tank being provided said shelf-like members. 9. In a device of the'character described, atank having an inlet at one side and an with drain valves adjacent the lower ends of outlet at another side thereof, an inclined partition mounted in the tank and dividing I 1 the same into an upper and a lower chamber, a-bafile plate extending from said inclined partitionin front of said inlet, said partition having vent openings between said baffle plate and the side wall of the tank.

In testimony whereof "CLARENCE. v. FUQUA.

JOHN RICHA.

we afiix our signa 

